Happy to Call America Home

Despite bad economic times, Americans are still mostly positive about their country. Rasmussen reports:

Although things may be tough in the United States right now, most Americans still would rather live here than anywhere else in the world.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 14% say, if given the choice, they would prefer to live somewhere else. An overwhelming 79% say they would choose to live in the United States. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

That’s down just slightly from June 2009, when 82% said they would still choose to live here.

Sixty-one percent (61%) of Adults believe, too, that the United States is a positive role model for the world when it comes to human rights. Just 22% disagree. Sixteen percent (16%) are undecided.

Only roughly half (52%) of all Americans, though, think the world would be a better place if more countries were like the United States. That's down 12 points from June 2008. Again, 22% disagree, but even more (26%) are not sure.